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Tornado Warning 67, NWS Springfield, MO

February 5, 2008Oregon County, Missouri

NWS Springfield, MO issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2008, 6:49 PM CST for Oregon County, Missouri. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Feb 5, 2008, 6:49 PM CST (00:49 UTC)
Expired: Feb 5, 2008, 7:30 PM CST
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Springfield, MO
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Oregon County, MO

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 5, 12:39 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 224 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1569 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 309 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 365 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 3.5
Supercell composite: 12.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS53 KSGF 060048
TORSGF
MOC149-060145-
/O.NEW.KSGF.TO.W.0067.080206T0049Z-080206T0145Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
649 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN OREGON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 745 PM CST.

* AT 647 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS VERY
  DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES SOUTH OF MAMMOTH SPRING...
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

* THIS TORNADIC STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  SOUTHEASTERN OREGON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF MYRTLE.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3650 9147 3679 9112 3652 9112 3652 9113
      3649 9113 3649 9114 3649 9147
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 226DEG 51KT 3629 9156

$$

CRAMER

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 060100
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
701 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

MOC149-060145-
/O.CON.KSGF.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-080206T0145Z/
OREGON MO-
701 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CST FOR
SOUTHEASTERN OREGON COUNTY...

AT 657 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 17
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MYRTLE...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF MAMMOTH SPRING...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
OREGON COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF MYRTLE.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3650 9147 3679 9112 3652 9112 3652 9113
      3649 9113 3649 9114 3649 9147
TIME...MOT...LOC 0101Z 221DEG 47KT 3636 9141

$$

CRAMER

000 
WWUS53 KSGF 060130
SVSSGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO
730 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

MOC149-060140-
/O.CAN.KSGF.TO.W.0067.000000T0000Z-080206T0145Z/
OREGON MO-
730 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN OREGON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST TUESDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 3650 9147 3679 9112 3652 9112 3652 9113
      3649 9113 3649 9114 3649 9147
TIME...MOT...LOC 0130Z 221DEG 47KT 3664 9110

$$

CRAMER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Springfield, MO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 5, 7:43 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Camden, Dallas, Greene, Laclede, Phelps, Polk and 3 more	18 hr
Feb 5, 10:32 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	SGF	Douglas	12 hr
Feb 6, 7:36 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	SGF	Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 14 more	4 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.